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Joe Baker

Hibernian FC, Arsenal FC

 8 appearances, 3 goals

P 8 W 3 D 3 L 2 F 14: A 12
*(actual F 13: A 12)
56% successful
1959-66

disciplined: none
captain: none
minutes played: 665

Profile
Full name Joseph Henry Baker (*Actual for and against are the goals scored
while the player was on the field.)
Born 17 July 1940 in Smithdown Road Infirmary, Smithdown Road, Toxteth, Liverpool, Lancashire [registered in Liverpool South, September 1940], First six weeks in Woolton village, then Wishaw, Lanark.
Attended Park Street Primary School and St Joseph's High School, Wishaw
Family notes Born to English father, George and Scottish mother, Elizabeth, his older brother Gerry was born in New York in 1938, before they came to Liverpool, and onto Lanarkshire when he was six weeks old.
Died 6 October 2003 at Wishaw General Hospital, North Lanarkshire, suffered a heart-attack during a celebrity golf match at Lanark Golf Club, aged 62 years 81 days, former referee David Syme tried to resuscitate him. [not registered in England].
Height/Weight 5' 8", 11st. 7lbs [1963].

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com
Biographies The Fabulous Baker Boys: The Greatest Strikers Scotland Never Had - Tom Maxwell (Birlinn Ltd, 19 September 2013)

Club Career
Club(s) Played schoolboy in Wishaw, playing for Motherwell Boys' Guild. After leaving school, Baker turned out with Coltness United FC and Armadale Thistle FC, and represented both Lanarkshire and the East Scotland Junior Association, from there he was signed by Hibernian FC, and he signed his first professional contract in June 1956, he played in 117 league matches, scoring 102 times. His outstanding goalscoring record was soon noted by Italian club, Torino, where he was signed for £73,000 in May 1961 and played with Denis Law, he made nineteen Italian league appearances, scoring seven times. He left after needing life-saving surgery when he crashed his Alfa Romeo Geulietta Sprint. Arsenal manager, Billy Wright, convinced his board of directors to part with £67,500 to bring Baker to Highbury on 16 July 1962. He scored 93 goals in 144 league appearances. In February 1966, Nottingham Forest FC paid £60,000 for his services and he returned 118 league appearances with 41 goals. In June 1969, Sunderland AFC took him to Roker Park for a £30,000 fee, making forty league appearances, scoring twelve goals. He rejoined Hibernian FC in July 1971 for £12,000, making another twenty league appearances, and another twelve goals. he scored nine goals in one cup tie for Hibs. Finally turned out for Raith Rovers FC between June 1972 and October 1974 when he made 49 league appearances and scoring 34 goals. His overall total was 301 league goals in 507 league appearances.
Club honours Scottish FA Cup runners-up 1957-58; Football League runners-up 1966-67
Individual honours None
Distinctions Scored a record 42 goals for Hibernian in 1959-60.
Brother of Gerry Baker (United States, Manchester City FC and Ipswich Town FC)

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].

England Career
Player number One of four who became 786th players (788) to appear for England.
Position(s) Centre-forward
First match No. 337, 18 November 1959, England 2 Northern Ireland 1, a British Championship match at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London, aged 19 years 124 days.
Last match No. 396, 5 January 1966, England 1 Poland 1, a friendly match at Goodison Park, Walton, Liverpool, aged 25 years 172 days.
Major tournaments World Cup Finals 1966 (standby); British Championship 1959-60, 1965-66;
Team honours British Championship shared 1959-60, winners 1965-66;
Individual honours England U23 (six appearances, four goals, 1958-60), Scotland schoolboy (two appearances)
Distinctions The first player to be capped for England whilst playing for a club outside the Football League.

Beyond England
Had a spell as a manager/coach of Fauldhouse United FC in 1980, and had two spells managing Albion Rovers FC in 1981-82 and 1983-84. Since leaving football, has lived in the Wishaw area and employed as a licensee and in the building industry. Also became a club hospitality host at Hibernian FC. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.20.

 

Joe Baker - Career Statistics
Squads Apps comp. apps Starts Sub on Sub off Mins. Goals goals ave.min comp. goals Capt. Disc.
8+ 8 3 8 0 1 665 3 222 min 2 none none
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors.

 

Joe Baker - Match Record - All Matches - By Colour of Shirt
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 4 2 2 0 8 6 +2 0 0 2.00 1.50 75.0 +2
Away 4 1 1 2 3 6 -3 3 6 0.75 1.50 37.5 -1
All - White 8 3 3 2 14 12 +2 2 1 1.75 1.50 56.3 +1

 

Joe Baker - Match Record - By Type of Match
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
British Championship 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 0 0 1.667 1.00 83.3 +2
Friendly 5 1 2 2 6 9 -3 2 1 1.20 1.80 40.0 -1
All 8 3 3 2 14 12 +2 2 1 1.75 1.50 56.3 +1

 

Joe Baker - Match Record - Tournament Matches
British Championship Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1959-60 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 0 0 1.50 1.00 75.0 +1
BC 1965-66 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 0 0 2.00 1.00 100.0 +1
BC All 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 0 0 1.667 1.00 83.3 +2
All Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 0 0 1.667 1.00 83.3 +2
All 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 0 0 1.667 1.00 83.3 +2

 

Joe Baker - Match History
 Club: Hibernian F.C. - 5 full appearances

manager: Walter Winterbottom - 5 full capsx

Age 18
1 u23 24 September 1958 - England 4 Poland 1, Hillsborough, Sheffield Fr HW Start 9
2 u23 15 October 1958 - England 3 Czechoslovakia 0, Carrow Road, Norwich Fr HW Start 9
Age 19
3 u23 11 November 1959 - England 2 France 0, Roker Park, Sunderland Fr HW Start 9
1 337 18 November 1959 - England 2 Northern Ireland 1, Empire Stadium, Wembley BC HW Start 17 9
u23 2 March 1960 - Scotland 4 England 4, Ibrox Park, Glasgow Fr AD withdrew
4 u23 16 March 1960 - England 5 Netherlands 2, Hillsborough, Sheffield Fr HW Start 9
2 338 9 April 1960 - Scotland 1 England 1, Hampden Park, Glasgow BC AD Start 9
3 339 11 May 1960 - England 3 Yugoslavia 3, Empire Stadium, Wembley Fr HD Start 9
4 340 15 May 1960 - Spain 3 England 0, Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid tour AL Start 9
5 341 22 May 1960 - Hungary 2 England 0, Népstadion, Budapest AL Start 9
Age 20
u/o u23 21 September 1960 - England 5 Vejle Boldklub 1, Maine Road, Manchester Fr HW Start 9
5 u23 2 November 1960 - England 1 Italy 1, St. James' Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Fr HD Start 9
u23 1 March 1961 - England 1 Scotland 1, Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough Fr HD withdrew
 Club: Arsenal F.C. - 3 full appearances

manager: Alf Ramsey - 3 full capsx

Age 22
6 u23 21 March 1963 - England 0 Yugoslavia 0, Old Trafford, Manchester Fr HD Start 9
Age 25
6 394 10 November 1965 - England 2 Northern Ireland 1, Empire Stadium, Wembley BC HW Start 19 9
7 395 8 December 1965 - Spain 0 England 2, Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid Fr AW Start 8
off 35		 9
0-1 when substituted
8 396 5 January 1966 - England 1 Poland 1, Goodison Park, Liverpool Fr HD Start 9
Alf Ramsey named his provisional list of forty players on April 7. He then named a provisional squad of 28 on 6 May to attend Lilleshall. Joe Baker was one of the twelve cut, but asked to remain on standby.

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